Duke Blanks William & Mary Tuesday

Tuesday, April 18

Durham, N.C.

6 PM

Duke University

24-12

William & Mary

24-14

William & Mary

Duke

Duke Blanks William & Mary Tuesday

4/18/2023 9:24:00 PM | Baseball

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DURHAM – Duke Baseball (24-12) hit five home runs and freshman Andrew Healy posted a career high eight strikeouts, as the Blue Devils defeated William & Mary (24-14), 7-0, on Tuesday evening.

Graduate transfer Cole Hebble put the nail in the coffin in the bottom of the eighth inning, hitting his first home run in a Duke uniform, a two-run blast to left field. Healy improves to 3-1 on the season, after working five innings of three-hit baseball.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Freshman Andrew Fischer gave Duke an early lead in the bottom of the first, hitting a solo home run to right field, 1-0. Graduate transfer MJ Metz singled up the middle to score Luke Storm from second, 2-0.
Sophomore Alex Mooney hit a solo home run in the bottom of the fifth to add to the Blue Devils' lead, 3-0.
In the bottom of the sixth inning, Metz hit a solo home run to left center field, 4-0.
Graduate Damon Lux hit a solo home run in the bottom of the eighth inning, 5-0. Graduate transfer Cole Hebble hit a two-run home run to left field, 7-0.

NOTES

Junior Luke Storm made his first career start in left field against William & Mary.
Freshman Andrew Fischer hit his team-leading 10th home run on Tuesday.
Freshman Andrew Healy worked a career high five innings and punched out a career high eight batters in the win.
Sophomore Alex Mooney blasted his fourth home run of the season, a solo shot to left center field.
The 63 home runs to this point in the season are the sixth most in a single season, the third most under head coach Chris Pollard.
Graduate transfer MJ Metz extended his hitting streak to five games, finishing 2-for-4 with a home run in the sixth.
Graduate Damon Lux hit his fifth home run of the season in the bottom of the eighth, a solo shot to left field.
Graduate transfer Cole Hebble extended his hitting streak to four games, finishing the night 3-for-4 with his first home run of the season to left field.
All nine Blue Devils in the starting lineup recorded a hit on Tuesday.
The six shutouts on the season, mark the fourth most all-time in a single season, tying the most under head coach Chris Pollard.

QUOTES

"You talk about Fischer, Healy and Tallon and see how advanced these guys are and it is easy to take them for granted. Andrew Healy was really good tonight. It was three pitches and was really competitive. He didn't have feel for his off-speed early and had to grind his way to find it. By the end of the outing he had really elite pitches." – Head coach Chris Pollard on the success of the freshman this season, including Andrew Healy.
"I thought it was big. We knew that coming into the game that they could pitch. We knew we were going to see Mayer and Prarie who are arguably their best arms. So we had to scratch out a little bit of breathing room, because we knew it would be hard to string it together offense against those two arms." – On the early offense produced in the first inning.

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